Almost 60 percent say Wash. state taxes too high

Fifty-eight percent of Washington voters say taxes are somewhat or very high. That’s bad news for Democrats who control the Legislature.

The good news for Dems? The percentage of people who think the tax man’s hand is too heavy has been going steadily down in recent years, according to the Elway Poll. Seventy-one percent of respondents said state taxes were too high ’03. In ’05 that number was 64 percent.

The most recent Elway survey was taken last month. The survey was of 405 registered voters and the margin of error was 5 percent.